Heinz Gartmann
Heinz Gartmann , pseudonym Werner Wehr , (* 12. December 1917 in Dessau , † 7 August 1960 in Stockholm ) was a German rocket - engineer , journalist and author in the field of history of technology and aerospace -literature.
Life
Gartmann graduated from the humanistic grammar school in Bernburg (Saale) and studied from 1937 to 1941 at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg the field of aircraft engine construction , which he graduated as a graduate engineer .
He started his career as a research engineer at BMW in the rocket development plant in Zühlsdorf near Berlin . Here Gartmann worked closely with the well-known rocket engine designer Helmut Graf von Zborowski , who headed the three BMW rocket plants and made groundbreaking inventions in jet propulsion technology. Until 1945 Gartmann worked as a group and department head in BMW rocket development in Berlin and Munich. He was involved in the development of rocket combustion chambers and the rocket engine for the well-known X-4 anti-aircraft missile .
After the war ended in May 1945, Gartmann first went to the USA as a research assistant , where he worked for the Air Material Command in Wright Field in 1946 and 1947 .
After his return he published popular science books and newspaper articles with a focus on space travel . From 1949 to 1960 he was a board member of the Society for Space Research e. V. Stuttgart, co-initiator of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and since 1950 publisher of the specialist magazine Weltraumfahrt of Umschau-Verlag , Frankfurt am Main.
Works (selection)
- Rockets from star to star , Lot-Verlag, Worms 1949.
- From fire arrow to space ship , Andermann, Munich / Vienna 1953.
- Storm on the sky. A story of tomorrow , Union Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1954 ( utopian novel )
- Rockets Stuttgart: Kosmos, 1956.
- Otherwise the world would stand still. The great struggle for the new . Econ , Düsseldorf 1957 (history of modern technology)
- Dreamer - Researchers - Constructors. The adventure of space travel . Econ, Düsseldorf approx. 1955 (including Konstantin E. Ziolkowski , Robert Goddard , Hermann Oberth , Max Valier , Rudolf Nebel , Reinhold Tiling , Johannes Winkler , Eugen Sänger , Helmut von Zborowski , Wernher von Braun . 336 pages, 40 plates)
- Space ABC . Econ, Düsseldorf 1958
- The picture book of space travel . Look around , Frankfurt am Main 1960
- Rays of fire. The story of a mysterious series of experiments , Union Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1954 (utopian novel).
- with Günter Ratke (illustrator): Rockets - From star to star. Lot-Verlag, Worms 1949.
- as Werner Wehr: I lived in the year 3000. Novel of a possible journey , Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, Vienna 1960 (utopian novel)
Radio plays
- 1951: The way to the space ship. Audio sequence about the development of the rockets - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn (audio image - NWDR Hamburg )
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Gartmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinz Gartmann in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Heinz Gartmann in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Works by and about Heinz Gartmann at Open Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gartmann, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wehr, Werner (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rocket engineer, publicist and author in the field of technical history and space travel literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1960 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |